RAPHIDAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Raphidae mean? • RAPHIDAE (noun)
The noun RAPHIDAE has 1 sense:
1. extinct dodos and solitaires
Familiarity information: RAPHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RAPHIDAE (noun)
Meaning:
Extinct dodos and solitaires
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Raphidae; Raphidae
Hypernyms ("Raphidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Raphidae"):
genus Raphus; Raphus (type genus of the Raphidae: dodos)
genus Pezophaps; Pezophaps (constituted by the extinct solitaire)
Holonyms ("Raphidae" is a member of...):
Columbiformes; order Columbiformes (sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires)
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